Local hoop squads are in top 20

Thursday

Dec 26, 2013 at 11:27 AM

Although it didn’t exactly qualify as a Christmas gift, a Top 20 ranking in the basketball poll of the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association brought holiday cheer to two local high school basketball teams.

Although it didn’t exactly qualify as a Christmas gift, a Top 20 ranking in the basketball poll of the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association brought holiday cheer to two local high school basketball teams.

On the boys side, Bartlesville was the lone local team to nail down a spot in the state rankings.

The Bruins (2-1) landed at No. 15 in this week’s poll.

Voters gave the Bruins 106 points — just one point less than No. 14 Muskogee (4-1).

After losing their season opener, 73-71, at Broken Arrow, Bartlesville bounced back to rout two out-of-state foes — Hereford (Texas) and Liberal (Kan.) — in mid-December.

Broken Arrow — which saw Bartlesville completely erase a 19-point deficit — rose to No. 8 after improving its record to 6-1.